From Wolfgang's Guardian article:

"Human Rights Watch also took issue with a key allegation in the report, which was used to show that women 'lack even the basic right to life'. In a section on the treatment of women, the report said: "A 1990 decree allows male relatives to kill a female relative in the name of honour without any punishment."

But Hania Mufti, the group's London director, said the decree was repealed months after it was imposed. 'The decree was introduced at a specific time after the end of the Iran-Iraq war when soldiers coming back from the front found their women had had sexual relations with other men, mainly Egyptian workers. Lots of the Egyptians were killed. The decree was an amnesty for these people and was repealed within months.'"

---Lepus Rex